William carlton ireland



(No Model.)

W. C. IRELAND.

SAFE.

Patented Sept.A 27, 1892.

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VILLIAM CARLTON IRELAND, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

SAFE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 483,153, datedSeptember 27, 1892.

Application filed December 21, 1891. Serial No 415,795. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM CARLTON IRE- LAND, a citizen of the UnitedStates of America, and a resident of the city of Boston, in the countyof Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Safes, of which the follow ing is a full, clear,and exact description.

As well known, safes accepted as reliably reproof on being exposed tofire show the portion of their contents-account-books, paper writings,dro-at the rear and sides of the safe to be uncharred or otherwiseuninjured to any appreciable extent, while the portions at the front ordoor of the safe are charred and injured to a considerable degree, evenif not absolutely destroyed. The reasons for this are generally believedto be the greater heat at the door than at the rear and sides of thesafe and the closer contact of the contents with the door than withother portions of the safe, because of the always landing of the safe onits door-the heavier side.

It is the object of this invention to remedy these disadvantages; and tothat end it consists in providing the safe inside of the doorjamb with aremovable plate or board, which :is made of material-such as asbestus ormagneso-calcito-that is a non-conductor of heat and non-combustible andis shaped to fit the opposite side, top, land bottom walls of the safeand has means-such as a handle-by which to place it in position withinand to remove it from the safe.

In the drawings forming part of this specication, Figure l is a centralvertical section from front to rear of a fireproof safe having its wallsand door, as well as its interior or chamber, of any of the usual orother suitable constructions to render the walls and doors of the safeessentially reproof and its interior adapted for the reception ofarticles-accountbooks, paper documents, and such like-as the safe isintended to hold. This figure shows the door of the safe as closed andthe removable plate or board of this invention as in place and both inside view. Fig.

2 is a perspective view of said removable plate or board.

In the drawings, A and B and O are the top, rear, and bottom walls, D isthe door opening or jamb, E is the door, and F is the interior orchamber, of the safe, all as before stated and of themselves forming nopart of this invention.

G is a removable plate orboard located within and shaped to fit side,top, and bottom walls of the door-opening D and preferably closely andat the inner end portion thereof. This plate or board G is made ofmaterial practically non-combustible and a non-conductor of heat, suchas Woven or otherwise suitably-prepared asbestus or magneso-calcite orpaper or card-board suitably treated or any other well-known or suitablematerial. Said plate or board has a handle J, preferably a swinging anddrop handle, but in any event and for obvious reasons such as to lieclose on the board. Each corner of the board G has an attachedprojecting corner-piece K, made of sheet metal or other suitablematerial and shaped, preferably, to embrace the opposite side faces andthe meeting edges at and making a corner of the partition.

The combination, with the door-opening and the door of a iireproof safe,of a detachable board or plate of the character and adaptabilitydescribed obviously when the safe is exposed to fire prevents injury ofits contents at their portions toward the door, and, being removable andunattached to the door, as stated, the safe can be used as ordinarily,and when placing it in the safe it can be adjusted in position as to thecontents of the safe as may be desired, consistent, of course, with thespace between the inner face of the door and the interior constructionof or the contents of the safe.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-mi 1. The combination, with a safe having adoor-opening and a door, of a board or plate made of a material which isnon-combustible and a non-conductor of heat fitting said dooropenin gand removable and replaceable therein independent of the door,substantiallya described.

2. A board or plate made of a material which is non-combustible andanon-conductor of heat and is shaped to fit the side, top, and bottomWalls of afireproof safe at the inner portion of the door-opening andhas a handle by which to place it in and out of position in saidopening, as described, for the purposes specied.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing 1o Witnesses.

WM. CARLTON IRELAND.

Witnesses:

ALBERT W. BROWN, JOHN F. NELSON.

